Banded iron formation
3, 000 million year old specimen of banded iron-rich chert from the Murchison Goldfield, Western Australia. The banding derives from differing amounts and oxidation state of the iron composite
Picture No
10709910
Media ID
47576293
Size
5244px x 3865px
(19.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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